Dunno if you guys really wanna be bugged by a beginner, but I''m a rookie programmer with a bit of fumbling experience in trying to make a C&C RTS sorta game, and I thought I would try my hand at OpenGL, because I really can''t be bothered making a million frames of animation for each unit. I use C++ Builder 3, but where on earth do I get OpenGL libraries from? Everyone talks about using it, but I can''t find a link that will give me the damn libraries. I don''t have GLAUX.LIB, and that''s where I stop in NeHe''s tutorials. Any help would be appreciated. PS. Is there anywhere I can get a free copy of MS Visual C++ (any version)? Where does everyone get their tools from?????? Cheers, Smooser.

You can get Microsoft Visual C++ Intro Edition in a lot of places. Some books have it (TOTWGPG by LaMothe for example), then that Game Programming Kit thing also has it. ITs in many places. I don''t know if you can buy it though, but if you can, get it. Its basically the a full working version, and you can use it as long as you''d like (just has an annoying nag telling you that you can''t ditribute this program when you run something you compiled). I got my OpenGL libs from that.

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Trent (ShiningKnight)
NovaStorm Games
Project: OpenGL baby. None of that new-fangled Die-rect Three Dee

Hi,
Check out this website for info on getting the libraries you need for Borland compilers:
www.gnt.net/~heiman/opengl.htm
Hope this helps,
Dave

If you need a compiler and OpenGL libraries and don''t want to buy VC++ like I did at first then you could try using Dev C++ just to get you started. It comes with the opengl libs and a sample gl app plus instructions on how to set up gl in the header folder (include\gl\). You can get it at http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

One note, it doesn''t come with glaux libs, from what I understand they are old and outdated, nehe only uses it for texture loading, you could look at one of his later tutorials which uses a tga loader instead of glaux.

If you just want the libs try:

http://www.opengl.org/users/downloads/index.html